Cory Doctorow
boingboing.net
October 31, 2012
Oakland police chief told a court that he never saw emails from city officials and a federal court monitor who emailed him about police brutality and other illegal actions by his force in its response to Occupy Oakland. That’s because, he says, he used a spam-filter to automatically spam-filter all messages containing phrases like “occupy,” “police brutality,” “press pass,” and “excessive force.” More from SFGate’s Matthai Kuruvila.
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By Cory Doctorow at 11:17 pm Tuesday, Mar 23
Michael Geist sez, “The leak of the full consolidated ACTA [ed: the secrete global copyright treaty] text will provide anyone interested in the treaty with plenty to work with for the next few weeks. While several chapters have already been leaked and discussed, the consolidated chapter provides a clear indication of how the negotiations have altered earlier proposals as well as the first look [...]
By Cory Doctorow at 2:42 pm Sunday, Jan 15
(BB)In this old video, an 80 lb man with muscular dystrophy in a wheelchair explains to Mitt Romney that his qualified physician believes that medical marijuana is the only medication that helps him. Mitt tells him he should take synthetic marijuana, and the man explains that this makes him violently ill. The man then asks Mitt whether he believes that he and his doctor [...]
By Cory Doctorow at 6:10 am Friday, Jan 13
After a judge ordered the removal of the barriers around Zucotti Park (a privately owned space that is open to the public, built as part of a deal to allow a property developer to put up more buildings), jubilant #Occupy protesters streamed into the “spiritual home” of the Occupy movement. Puzzled private security guards are now jostling for space as the place refills with [...]
by Gully Foyle
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/25/state-dept-adding-in.html
State Dept adding intrusive, semi-impossible questionnaire for US passport applications
Cory Doctorow at 3:44 AM Monday, Apr 25, 2011
Olga sez, “The U.S. Dept of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for passport applicants: proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history, personal details of siblings; mother’s addresses prior to your birth; any “religious ceremony” [...]
NYT: ‘Three Cups of Tea’ Author Defends Book
While the publishing industry waited to see whether it faced the embarrassment of yet another partly fabricated memoir, Greg Mortenson, the co-author of the best-selling “Three Cups of Tea,” a book popular with the Pentagon for its inspirational lessons on Afghanistan and Pakistan, forcefully countered a CBS News report on Sunday that questioned the facts of his book and [...]
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